This year, treat your little trickster to a Halloween Tote Bag from Vistaprint. For $2 you can choose from over 50 Halloween designs ranging from cute to creepy (or hundreds of other designs) to customize your Halloween Tote Bag.

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Another great freebie from Bath and Body Works. Go to their Facebook Page to print out your coupon for a Free 2 oz Be Enchanted Body Lotion Preview ($3.50 value) now through October 16th. This offer is available in-store and online (use Coupon Code FBF114231).

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Retail Bootcamp is a series that will teach you step-by-step basics to saving money on Retail for yourself, home, gifts, holidays, etc...

If your kids are younger, you have more opportunity to choose their costumes for Halloween. As they grow older and get more vocal about what they want to wear, it can be more challenging. However, there's still plenty of time and ways to save a lot of money on Halloween Costumes. Here are some of my favorite frugal strategies:

Costume Exchange - Ask friends and family if they'd be willing to trade and borrow costumes. Make sure you write your name in your costume to ensure it returns.

Consignment Sales & Garage Sales - This is my favorite tip. I buy high quality costumes for a fraction of the cost. Our kids use them as dress up clothes all year long!

Stack Sales & Coupons - Watch for coupons at some of your favorite stores and stack them with sales to save even more money. Check out our Retail Round Up.

Make Your Own - We always had some much fun being creative making our own costumes when we were kids. Use coupons and sales to buy all your supplies and accessories. Print several copies of the coupon and pay with separate transactions to save the most money.

Shop After Holiday Sales - You can get some incredible deals for the following year if you shop the day of Halloween or right after. Discounts can be anywhere from 50% - 90% off. Stock up on decorations and party supplies, too.

CHALLENGE

Challenge your older kids to see who can save the most money on their costume this year. Start them off with frugal cost saving skills that will last a lifetime!

REMINDER

Check back every Thursday afternoon for our Retail Round Up, which is a huge list of printable mall and store coupons you'll need for your weekend shopping! BTW - Have you checked out our new "Retail 101" ebook?

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Wholly Guacamole and Your Retail Helper have partnered together to offer our loyal followers a Family Movie Night Prize Pack. The winner will receive a Lion King 4-Disc Combo Pack, plus a cooler from Wholly Guacamole (three awesome Wholly Guacamole packages, one Queso and one Salsa). Can you say "Yummy"?

You can also get FREE Shipping at Sears. Some items indicate they are available for store pick up. Buy online, wait for your confirmation email and then go to your local Sears store to pick up your item at the curb. They guarantee it will be ready in 5 minutes or they'll give you a $5 store coupon.

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